Corporate secretarial services in Portugal. Your company, kept in order.
Secretarial services in Portugal for foreign-owned Lda and SA companies. Accounts approved and minuted, registry filed on time, RCBE confirmed, every change handled. End to end, in English.
- Accounts approved and minuted31 Mar
- Accounts filed through the IES15 Jul
- RCBE confirmed31 Dec
- Changes registeredWithin 2 months
- Certidão permanenteBank-ready
Eight things every Portuguese company needs. All handled.
Your company secretary in Portugal: the corporate housekeeping that keeps a Lda or SA clean for banks, buyers and auditors. A monthly subscription, at a fixed price in writing.
Annual accounts approval
The resolution approving the accounts and the profit allocation, drafted, signed and minuted within three months of year end (art. 65.º(5) CSC).
Minutes and the minutes book
Every resolution recorded with the particulars the law lists (art. 63.º CSC), signed and entered in the company’s book.
Written resolutions, signed remotely
Unanimous written resolutions (art. 54.º CSC) with electronic signatures. Your shareholders sign from wherever they are.
Managers and directors
Appointments, renewals, resignations and removals, with the acceptance declarations and the registry filing (art. 3.º(1)(m) CRC).
Registry, always current
Every registrable change filed inside the two-month window of art. 15.º(2) CRC. We keep you on time.
RCBE beneficial owners
The beneficial ownership register updated within 30 days of any change and confirmed every year by 31 December.
Certidão permanente for your bank
The online permanent certificate, current and ready for KYC teams, auditors and counterparties.
Your corporate calendar
Every corporate date of your year in one written calendar, set for your company and your financial year.
Your corporate year, on one strip
Three fixed dates for a company whose financial year is the calendar year. Everything else, the month it happens.
- Jan
- Feb
- March31 MarAccounts approved and minutedLda resolution or SA annual meeting, within three months of year end (art. 376.º(1) CSC)
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- July15 JulIES: accounts filed with the registryThe approval minutes go in first (art. 42.º(1) CRC). RCBE confirmation can ride along.
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- December31 DecRCBE annual confirmationBeneficial owners confirmed as accurate and current (art. 15.º(1) of the RCBE regime)
- Any month: changes registered within two months of the deed
- Any month: RCBE updated within 30 days of a change
Something changing? Drafted, signed, registered.
Every change to a Portuguese company is a resolution, a document and a registry filing. We do all three.
Share transfer
Quota transfer in writing (art. 228.º(1) CSC), company consent where the law or the articles require it, registration and the RCBE update.
New manager or director
Appointment resolution, acceptance and no-impediment declarations (art. 252.º(3) CSC), then registration. Removals run the same way.
Capital increase or reduction
A resolution with every element the law lists (art. 87.º CSC), contributions documented, registration filed.
New articles of association
Amendment passed by three quarters of the votes of the share capital in an Lda (art. 265.º(1) CSC) and the updated full text filed with the registry.
Registered office change
Management can move the office anywhere in Portugal unless the articles say otherwise (art. 12.º(2) CSC). We register the move.
Closing the company
Dissolution resolution, RCBE brought up to date first (art. 14.º(3) of the RCBE regime), liquidation and the registered closure.
Eight steps. No trips to Lisbon.
- 1Send the company name
Name or NIPC and what you need. That is enough to start.
- 2Fixed price in writing
You see the number before any work begins.
Within 1 business day - 3We put the file in order
Registry record, RCBE and minutes checked. Your calendar set.
- 4Subscription starts
One monthly fee, fixed in writing, for the corporate year below.
- 5Accounts approved
The approval resolution drafted, signed and minuted within three months of year end.
31 Mar - 6Accounts filed
The IES filed, with the approval minutes in first.
15 Jul - 7RCBE confirmed
Beneficial owners confirmed as accurate and current, every year.
31 Dec - 8You sign, we file
Resolutions arrive ready to sign electronically. We file and send you the result.
A short list. Usually one email.
Send what you have. We read the rest from the registry and tell you if anything is missing.
Get a quote- Company name or NIPC, and the certidão permanente access code if you have it
- Current articles of association
- Minutes book, or copies of the latest minutes
- Shareholders and managers: names, ID documents and addresses
- Latest RCBE proof of declaration
- Corporate shareholder? Who signs for it, and their email for e-signature
Every step rests on an article. Read it in English.
Each chip opens the article in our law library, in English and Portuguese side by side.
Quick answers before you ask yours
What does a company secretary do for a Portuguese company?
Keeps the company-law side in order. Accounts approved and minuted, managers and directors registered, every change filed with the commercial registry, the beneficial ownership register current, and a permanent certificate your bank can read. You get one contact for all of it, in English.
Do our shareholders need to meet in Portugal every year?
No. A unanimous written resolution works in any company (art. 54.º CSC). In an Lda without a statutory auditor or supervisory board, where every member is also a manager, the managers signing the accounts and the profit proposal is the approval (art. 263.º(2) CSC). We pick the route that fits your company and prepare the papers.
Can our foreign parent company sign remotely?
Yes. Where the law asks for writing, an electronic signature meets it (art. 4.º-A CSC). For a corporate shareholder we prepare the express authority its signatory needs to vote on a written resolution (art. 54.º(3) CSC).
What is the certidão permanente and why does my bank ask for it?
It is the online version of your registry certificate. Banks, KYC teams and counterparties open it with an access code and see the company as registered today. The online certificate is proof for all legal purposes, before any authority or private entity (art. 75.º(5) CRC). We keep it current and send the code where it is needed.
How fast must a change be registered?
Within two months of the deed or document that records it (art. 15.º(2) CRC). Beneficial ownership changes go to the RCBE within 30 days. We file inside both windows and keep you on time.
Do you also handle the accounts and tax returns?
Yes, through our corporate and tax support service: bookkeeping, VAT, Modelo 22 and the IES. Secretarial and accounting then run on one calendar, with one contact.
How is the service priced?
As a monthly subscription, at a fixed price agreed in writing before we start. For companies in the EU Landing Programme, the second-year renewal from €1,000 a month includes it.
Send us the company name. We take it from there.
Fixed price in writing within one business day. We handle it end to end, in English.